Is there some (free) tool that reads Performance Counters (Windows 2008 Server, but 2003 support is a bonus) and adds them to a MS SQL Server 2008 database?
Doesn't need to be too fancy as in the worst case I can add "log rotation" through triggers.
Are there any good tools out there that I can use to find out which websites are the biggest drain on my Windows 2003 web server's resources? The server has been steadily slowing to a crawl and I want to know which sites should get priority for troubleshooting.
I just downloaded the VisualStudio 2010 trial. It would be nice if I could try it out by doing some real work on some real projects, but I can't convert these projects to 2010 format, because then noone else could open them unless they also install VS2010.
Is there any way around this?
I have recreated a new email user on a Windows SBS 2003 Active Directory via Advanced Management.
I need to enable Outlook Office access on the user's PC but Microsoft Outlook Office does not show in the Add Programs\Set Program Access\Custom section.
There are tools that allow you to hide the icon for Set program access but I need to add content, specifically Outlook Office. Outlook Express is enabled but I don't need it.
Is there a recommended average CPU threshold in running Windows boxes based on experience in other shops?
Background:
We are running with Windows Server 2003 32-bit OS. Servers are handling a major enterprise-level web application suite with a high frequency of small transactions mixed in with much larger transactions - overall average is 13ms.
Our average overall CPU utilization of the Windows servers are ~60% during prime-shift. And we question at what level does the Windows OS begin to shimmy on the CPU scheduling road?
Thanks.
We set the Group Policy for our Domain and OUs to show the logon message:
Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\
Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on
but nothing happen when the client computer logon. I checked the RSOP.MSC to see the group policy that set and the message is set on client computer but it doesn't show at the logon prompt. so what should I do? We have Windows server 2003 AD and Windows XP Pro on client computer.
Is there some list of printers/scanners that are known to work with Terminal Services or some way to determine automatically if the device will work from the specifications?
I am needing to advise a customer on a small(as in, can set on a desk) all-in-one printer/scanner/fax that works with Terminal Services.
The client OS is Windows XP, the server OS is Server 2003.
We're running Windows Server 2003 SBS and another machine with Server 2003 Standard on it.
The SBS server is about 7 years old running pretty much 24/7 - a HP server of some description. We have an Ultrium 448 cycling LTO2 400GB tapes daily and incrementally backing up approximately 100gb worth of data (20gb C:\ and system state, 40gb exchange, 40gb database for some crap marketing software) on BackupExec 10D. As of 5 months ago, the backups have been consistently failing with IO errors, bad reads and some write errors.
When I say consistent, I mean every time and we haven't had a proper backup for the entire 5 months - So if the server explodes tomorrow, 7 years worth of data will just cease to exist. I've only just recently rejoined the company and am looking at rectifying the more concerning problems, so the first thing I did was try a backup to an USB2.0 external drive. It was excruciatingly slow. In fact it was so slow it took 40 hours and it still wasn't finished. I ended up cancelling it and reconfiguring the selections again to reduce file size. This, however, isn't a permanent solution.
I concluded that the IO error was either from a faulty tape drive (which has a tape stuck in there right now and not coming out) or from a dying SCSI controller. Neither of them are good news and both are extremely expensive to fix. I'm operating on an extremely low budget so have been looking at outsourcing the backups.
A company in Sydney (where I'm located) offer incremental online backups via a NAS. It costs almost double a new tape drive but offers monthly repayments which will let us get through times when cash flow is minimal. It seems like a sweet deal but it is still a little bit pricey. So I'm looking for a cheaper, yet reliable solution. Maybe some in-house NAS or something offsite? The idea is to avoid using tapes.
Are there any recommendations for rectifying my current situation? Or are tapes the only way to go? I'm concerned that the server will die one day in the near future and I must be able to restore it to another server with different hardware.
Does anyone know of any free add-in similar to Smart Paster, but for VisualStudio 2010?
Unfortunately, Smart Paster only works for VS2005 and VS2008.
For the ones that don't know what I'm talking about, check it out.
I have a Server 2003 box. I've noticed the windows directory is 4 gigs and I guess that's primarily windows updates.
As a side not, it would be cool to do this on my XP boxes if possible.
How can I compile poppler 0.13.3 using VisualStudio 2008, and with QT4 support? I want to use poppler as a static lib.
Can anyone help, or has anyone done this?
Thanks
My server is windows server 2003. I got a huge list of subscribers. Lots of them have invalid email like, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]...
I want to send a email to all my users, but it will send to those invalid email as well. And thus, it will create bounce email. How to handle those bounce email? Any good tutorial I can follow?
I have a Windows 2003 print server that I need to retire.
Through variaous methods (login scripts, etc) I think that I had everyone migrated off of this server and connected to the new print server.
Having said that, I'd like to make sure before taking the server down :-)
Is there a script that I can run to query a remote workstations in my domain to see what printer shares it is connected to?
Imagine i have a program doing a lot of things wasting about 90% of CPU.
I need a way to know (through visual studio) where the program are wasting CPU.
I was looking to write/get a visualstudio add in.
I want to be able to write descriptive log calls at the top and bottom of a function.
like this
log.debug("TheClass.TheMethod(string TheStringParam ="+TheStringParam+") - in");
log.debug("TheClass.TheMethod(string TheStringParam ="+TheStringParam+") - out");
Is there an adin that does this?
Is there source anywhere for an add in like Ghost Doc that does reflection(or whatever) to
parse the parameters and such?
Thanks,
Eric-
I have removed a device from Device Manager, Windows 2003 Server. This device will installed when computer rebooted. How can I revert this change so it doesn't remove it anymore on reboot? Where in the registry can this be removed and prevented.
When I click the start button (with or without debugging) in VisualStudio 2005, it launches the stand alone IE. My default browser in VS is set to the internal one. Is this normal behavior?
When I do "View in browser", it does launch the internal one.
I have a Windows Server 2003 64bits, and it has two IE8 inside, 32-bit and 64-bit.
When I run "iexplore.exe", debug in visualstudio, clicking links, and etc, the 64-bit will popup and some plugins do not work.
How can I fix my system that it will always run the 32-bit IE by default?
I created a AD 2003 GPO to add a couple of the company's links to everyone's IE. I have the following:
Checked: Place Favorites and Links at the Top of the List...
Unchecked: Everything else
Then:
Favorites
|-Company Link One
|-Company Link Two
Links
However, the GPO seems to add Favorites Bar, Microsoft Websites, MSN Websites, and Windows Live folders. If they are deleted it seems to make them come back. Anyone know how to fix this?
When I try to run a Silverlight project in Visual Studios 2008 I get this error all of a sudden:
Unable to start debugging. The Silverlight managed debugging package isn’t installed.
What have I done wrong?
I have a Mirrored Dynamic disk on my Windows 2003 Server. How do you monitor the health of the volume?
Is there a way to have the server send an email when there is an issue with the volume?
Is there a way to have the server run S.M.A.R.T. tests?
Hi
I have a very simple question. I wanna have a diagram with the
following table
Apple 30 40 50
Pears 200 300 400
Bananas 10 20 30
The weird thing, when I try to draw a bar diagram the order of the bars
change. So Excel draws me first the Bananas, the the pears and finally the apple
bar... Is there anyway to tell Excel 2003 that it keeps the order?
Thank you very much
Hi!
I've got a lot of xml files, and embedded in some elements there are json serialized objects. They are quite difficult to read and modify. So question is:
Are there any VisualStudio addins availible that can take selected json-text in the editor, and visualize it (and maybe even allow for editing)?
if not, if I must build it - are there any good starting points or samples availible?
(making a right-click command availible when text is selected, and them showing a popup)
Regards
Larsi